A STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO SEX AND HABITATION

Mental health is a positive state of well-being and a combination of good mental, emotional, social and physical status. The present study was undertaken by the investigators to find out influence of sex and habitation on mental health of high school students. A sample of 600 high school students (300 male and 300 female) students of X class were drawn randomly from 30 schools of six districts of Punjab. Mental Health Scale by Dr. Vijay Kumar Rai (1994) was used to measure mental health of high school students. Mean standard deviation and two-way analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to test hypotheses. The findings of the study reveals that no significant difference exist between male and female students but significant difference was found between rural and urban students in favour of urban students. No significant interaction effect was found significant between sex and habitation on mental health